Shoe-fastener.



A. H. FISHER.

SHOE FAST-ENER. APPLICATION'FILED SEPT. 10. 19! 7.

I Patented May 28, 1918.

Jim/era??? NITE AUBREY H. rrsnnn,

A. It. NEWMAN, or rUKwAnA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHOE-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented lIay 2S, 1918.

Application filed September 10, 1917. Serial No. 190,594.

To a whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUBREY H. FISHER,

a citizen of the United States, and resident.

which are illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, forming a partthereof.

The invention relates to improvements in fasteners for apparel shoes;its object being to provide for the secure fastening of the shoe bymeans concealed from view when the shoe is worn, and which may beoperated both in fastening and releasing by drawing upon a single cord.

The invention consists in a plate adapted to be pivotally attached toone flap of the shoe upper and having a tangential slot engageable witha stud secured to the other flap, the plate being turned on its pivot bycords attached thereto, one at each side of the pivot pin and extendingupwardly to the top of the shoe, the same cords being employed for allof the fastening plates when a plurality thereof are used. It consistsfurther in certain details which are hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a shoe, some parts being brokenaway, equipped with the improved fastening device;

Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view through the two flaps of the shoe andone of the fastening devices; and

Figs. 3 and 4 are plan views of the fastening plate and stud detachablefrom the shoe, one showing the parts in closed position and the other inthe open position.

The shoe 10 may be of any style or type except that its upper 11 isprovided with an overlapping flap 12. To the under face of the flap 12there are attached, by means of pivot studs 13, securing plates 1%, asmany being used as the length of the flap may require. Each of theseplates has a tangentially projecting slotted wing 15. headed stud 16,secured to the under flap 17 of the shoe upper and transversely alinedwith the pivot pin 13, engages the slot 18 of the plate, the outer end19 of the slot being sufficiently large to permit the entry of its head.

Draw cords 20, 21, are attached, respectively, to the outer end of thewing 15, as at 22, and to the body of the plate at the opposite sideOfthe pivot 13, as at 23. These cords may be made of any suitablematerial, either leather fabric or wire, and eachis attached to all ofthe fastening plates. Conveniently thetwo cords may be of a single piecethreaded through a plurality of apertures in each of the attachingplates ll and doubled upon itself at the lower plate. lVhen the shoe isunfastened the wing 15 extends transversely thereacross, the stud 16occupying the outer end of the slot. By drawing upon the cord 20 all ofthe plates are swung upwardly, the wing of each sliding along itscooperating stud from the position shown in Fig. i to that shown inFigs. 1 and 3, drawing the flap 12 over upon the flap 17 by a cammingaction of the plates upon the studs.

At the upper end of the flap 17 there is placed an additional stud 2%,so positioned that the enlarged end 19 of the upper attaching plate maybe caught thereover, thus preventing all the plates from swingingbackwardly. In order to unfasten the shoe the upper plate is firstdisengaged from the stud 2a; thereupon by drawing up the cord 21 all ofthe plates are turned on their pivots to the position of Fig. 4.

While a preferred embodiment of the invention is shown and described,various changes of detail may be made without departing from its scope.

I claim as my invention- 1. A shoe fastening device comprising aplurality of plates adapted for pivotal attachment to one flap of ashoe, each having a tangentially slotted wing, a plurality of studsadapted for attachment to the other flap of the shoe for engagement withsaid slots, and means for turning said plates simultaneously about saidpoints of pivotal attachment.

2. A shoe fastening device comprising a plurality of plates each adaptedfor pivotal attachment to one flap of a shoe and having a tangentiallyslotted wing, a plurality of studs adapted for attachment to the otherflap of the shoe and engaging the slot of the wing, and a draw cordattached to the ends of the wings of the several plates.

3. A shoe fastening device comprising a plurality of plates each adaptedfor pivotal attachment to one flap of a shoe and having a tangentiallyslotted wing, a pluralitt of studs adapted for attachment to the otherflap of the shoe and engaging the slot of the Wing, and draw cordsattached, respectively, to the ends of the Wings and to the bodyportions of each of the several plates. 7

memes adapted to be attached to the second-named shoe flap forengagement With the slot in the Wing of the upper plate when thefirstnamed stud cooperating therewith is at the inner end of the slotthereof.

5. A shoe fastening device comprising a plate adapted for pivotalattachment to one flap of a shoe, and having a tangentially slottedWing, and a stud adapted for attachment to the other flap of the shoefor en gagement with the slot of the Wing said slot being formed toallow the plate to be moved from locked to unlocked position withoutdrawing the flaps together.

AUBREY H. FISHER.

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